Flights Austin → Lubbock
AUS → LBB
How long is the flight from Austin to Lubbock?
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Lubbock (LBB) takes 1h on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Lubbock operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 64%, with an average delay of 19.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately one million passengers pass through the destination airport in Lubbock.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Lubbock (LBB) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 208 flights monitored in recent months, 50% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.96%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Lubbock the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Lubbock: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Lubbock (LBB) heads north-west for about 550 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 0m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 90% of AUS-LBB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Lubbock it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 208 tracked AUS-LBB flights, 50% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-LBB
The flight from Austin (AUS) to Lubbock (LBB) takes 1h on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Austin (AUS) -> Lubbock (LBB) route, on-time performance is 50% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 208 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Lubbock is 0.96% across 208 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
